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Apr 15Edited

This is truly bizarro-world stuff here. So, according to Cass the elites are at fault for thinking that one should not recommend work for others that they wouldn’t do themselves. It’s the populists that have it right. To them the most noble argument is the one Chevy Chase makes in Caddy Shack: “the world needs ditch diggers too.” In Cass’s view, we’d all be better off if we advocate for policy changes that promote jobs that other people should do, while not holding ourselves to any obligation whatsoever to do those jobs ourselves. In fact it is selfish to even consider the possibility that maybe one shouldn’t recommend work for others that they wouldn’t want for themselves.

Cass has somehow managed to get this exactly backwards. The problem with elite over production is caused because too many elites think that there are jobs that are beneath them. The fact that media elites are calling out that these survey results show that exact problem is a sign of progress on this issue. The economy will be far more equitable when jobs like electrician and HVAC are recognized by elites as a perfectly acceptable alternative to the service jobs that require college degrees, and not just as jobs that those poor employed men in Erie PA should have.

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